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VERA Files Fact Check tracks the false claims, flip-flops, misleading statements of public officials and figures, and debunks them with factual evidence. It also fights misinformation and disinformation spread on the internet. This project is supported by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED).
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While the 1987 Constitution does not expressly prohibit being sworn in earlier, lawyer Christian Monsod, a member of the 1986 Constitutional Commission, said Duterte-Carpio should not take her oath of office “until there is an office to assume.”
A graphic claiming the proposal to revive mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) passed into law has gone viral. It is misleading. On May 19, a graphic attributed to news […]
A Facebook (FB) page reuploaded on May 17 a three-month-old TikTok video claiming that Vice President Leni Robredo has pending cases, including sedition. Both videos on FB and TikTok used […]
A video circulating online is making claims about the alleged “truth” behind the declaration of Martial Law and another on former senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr’s supposed ties with communists. […]
Netizens reuploaded a snippet of a YouTube video containing claims about the Marcos family wealth that is without basis. A TikTok user and Facebook page Kristine DIARY (created on Oct. […]
A screenshot of a Facebook (FB) post erroneously claims Vice President Leni Robredo slept in an airport lounge for five hours. The sleeping woman in the photo is actually her […]
A local airline pilot alleged on Facebook (FB) that Vice President Leni Robredo asked for priority landing, causing the diversion of their flight to another airport. It is a false […]
Marcos did not say that he favors granting a franchise to ABS-CBN. But he did say that the media network should first resolve the issues raised against it before reapplying for a franchise at the House of Representatives’ committee on legislative franchises.
Three statements on policies allegedly adopted during the administration of the late president Corazon Aquino are part of a video circulating online. Originally posted on May 13 by YouTube channel […]
Section 3, Article VII of the 1987 Constitution specifically states that the vice president, if appointed to a Cabinet position, is exempted from the scrutiny of the CA, which is mandated to approve or disapprove appointments made by the president.